Recreational Racing
This page is specific to our club. You can also visit the
PACRATS pages directly.
Need someone to ski with? We'll give you 9
companions for the season! Just sign up for a
10-person team. Any
intermediate skier or boarder qualifies. Beginner racers are as much needed
(and can contribute as much) as advanced racers. Everyone races within their
own category, of which there are 7, from beginner to elite. Watch your
results improve over time. It's the best deal in town.
The most fun for your money!
Five races per season, each
race followed by a party, with free food, drinks, and door prizes. At the
end of the season, there is an awards dinner party, named the "Rat Attack".
All this for just $95
for the whole season. On top of that,
each racer gets a discounted lift ticket on race days.
The PACRAT League ("Pacific
Northwest Area
Recreational
Clubs
Alpine Teams")
is separate from our club. In fact, it is the result of cooperation between
several clubs. Our club has participated from the very beginning, with at
least 4 to 6 teams each year. In the 2011 season, we have 13 full teams
(130 racers).
2011-2012 PACRAT Race Dates
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Dec. 21
Wed.
6:00 pm
Jan. 7 -14
Jan. 7
Jan. 8
Jan. 29
Feb. 12
Mar. 3 - 4
Mar. 11
Mar. 25
Apr. 1
Mar.23-25
Apr. 6 - 8
Apr. 13
Friday
6:30 pm
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Team captains' meeting and
racing bibs pickup.
At the Shanghai Noble House restaurant in the Water
tower building at John's Landing, 5331 SW Macadam
Ave., starting at 6:00 pm.
Snowmass Alpine Nationals
Two days of racing + optional ski
clinic
NASTAR
Race day
at Skibowl
Open to everyone
at Mt. Hood
Skibowl. Registration in the Outback Lodge at 8 am.
Raace starts at 10 am. Cost: $10 for
2 runs. Additional runs $5. Apres-ski at Alpenstube.
Race cancelled
Race 1: Mt. Hood Skibowl
Race 2:
Mt. Hood Meadows
Masters' races at Skibowl
Saturday: Turkey Slalom,
Skibowl East
Sunday: Memorial Cup GS,
Skibowl West
Race 3:
Mt. Hood Skibowl
Race 4: Mt. Hood Meadows
Race 5: Mt. Hood Meadows.
This is the make-up race, replacing
the January 8th cancelled race.
NASTAR National Championship
at Winter Park, Colorado. Later in
the season, click here
for a
list of our racers who have qualified.
FWRA Championships
at Mammoth Mt., California.
All PACRAT racers qualify for this
one.
Rat Attack awards party
The date has been chosen. The
location is yet TBD.
Starting at 6:00 pm.. Dinner
included. Free for racers. Guests pay $30 at the door. Live
music.. |
Click here to
see the Black Diamond Thunder collection of videos from Bruce Kuper's
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Even if you have never dreamed of being
a racer, give it a try. It's well worth it. It will enhance your
social life, and improve your carving skills! Teams are usually formed
by mid-November, so apply early! See instructions below. Also, click
here to see our
PACRAT
Racing video.
LATEST UPDATES
 Sherwood
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smoothie at home or on the go.
20% PACRAT DISCOUNT:
Go to
www.sherwoodvalleyjuice.com and enter code
pacratrace1112 with
your order at check out.
GS Training: Starting in early December, each Friday
during the winter season, there will be a GS
Training clinic, mostly at Mt. Hood Skibowl and/or Timberline. Meet in
the lodge by 8:30. Cost is only $25 (plus a lift ticket. Please RSVP
to Coach Greg Dilger with of the Mount Hood Adult Ski
Racing Association. His email is:
gdilger2@yahoo.com. The location might change. It will
be at Ski Bowl when conditions permit. There is a third coach
available this year to assist.
NOTE 1: All racers (and any newcomers) should contact a team captain,
and sign up for a specific team. See list of team captains below. Fill
out a signup form and a liability release form (see below) and mail it
to your team captain, preferably before our Membership Party in
November.
NOTE 2: All
post-race parties are open to guests, for a fee of approximately $10, or
more, to cover the
cost of food and drinks. Small kids as guests: $5.
NOTE 3: Future
race dates will try to follow a standard pattern, as follows, but this
may not always be possible. It depends on whether the ski areas can
accommodate us on these dates:
1st race: 2nd
Sunday in January
2nd race: 4th
Sunday in January
3rd race: 1st
Sunday in February
4th race: 3rd
Sunday in February
5th race: 2nd Sunday
in March
Makeup: 3rd
Sunday in March (to be held only if a previous race gets cancelled)
Rat Attack: 2nd or 3rd Friday in April
(Awards dinner party)
Our new wireless timing mechanism: Phoenix Microgate. Click on image on
right to enlarge it.
How to find out more & join a team
(After viewing the documents below, hit the Backspace button on
your keyboard.)
1.
Click here to read more about PACRAT
racing. General description.
2.
PACRAT flyer
- print it, and post it somewhere, or send it to a friend!
3. PACRAT
Racing video. - See how
it's done, both the races and the apres-ski parties.
Also, check out this video about
World Cup Downhill Racing
(on YouTube), but keep in mind that out own racing is recreational and
nowhere near that gripping or that dangerous.
4.
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President.
(PDF
file. 125KB)
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President. (Word
doc. 282KB)
5. Contact our
Racing director or any Team captain to get your name on a team:
Remember, each team needs 10 people, preferably of varying abilities, so
beginner
racers, and those who never raced, please don't hesitate to
call us. We need you!
TEAM
Captains listed in alphabetical order of the team names:
To contact the PACRAT league "top brass":
*
Gary Gunderson, PACRAT Chairman,
503-706-1644,
ktgpdx@frontier.com
.
* Dale Parshall,
Timing and Results, dale.parshall@bankofthewest.com
To contact the Mt. High Racing coordinators:
* Bruce Ellison
Racing Director
yuffiet@comcast.net
* Gordon Lusk
Race Training clinics
GordyLusk@hotmail.com
MOUNTAIN HIGH TEAMS
Racer Registration
Each PACRAT race now also counts as a NASTAR race, and
you can qualify for the NASTAR National Finals.
Each racer will receive a NASTAR medal (either Gold,
Silver, or Bronze) at the end of the season.
To receive the benefits of both PACRAT and NASTAR, please
register for both.
NASTAR registration should be accomplished online first,
and then also fill out the paper version to send to your team captain.
Send all your registration forms to your team captain.
One NASTAR form, and 3 PACRAT forms.
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NASTAR Registration
(online)
For existing racers: If you have raced in NASTAR any time
since 1997, you are already in the system and you don't need to
register
again. Just find your NASTAR number by searching for your name
at www.nastar.com Then please fill
out the NASTAR Registration form shown under #4 in the PACRAT
registration column.
For new racers: Go to
www.nastar.com.Click
on Register to Race and fill out the online form. If you
have already raced with NASTAR, use your existing record, but
update it with the following info:
1) Family/Friends
= your Pacrat team name –
eg.: Avalanche Express, Brat Chicks,
etc.
2) Club team
= "Northwest Ski Club Council"
3) Resort Team
= "PACRAT". Use
the scroll arrow to select "PACRAT"
for the resort team name.
4) Enter your personal password
5) Scroll down and
click on the Register icon.
Your confirmation will pop up,
containing your:
- Nastar registration #
Send
to your team captain
- Your Nastar
password - Keep it to
yourself
Print out and save
this page for easier access to your
results on the Nastar.com website.
* Click on
NASTAR online registration instructions (Word).
for more details on all of the above. |
PACRAT Registration
(paper forms)
Please print and fill out all the 4 forms
and give them to your team captain.
Read:
General Instructions
(click to read)
Print out the following 3 forms, fill them
out, and send them to your team captain.
1.
Team
Entry form
(PDF), or in
Word
Each racer fills out
one line.
2.
Liability
Release form (PDF),
or in
Word
This form is needed for the ski areas.
3.
Insurance Waiver (PDF),
or in
Word
This form is needed for our
insurance.
+
4.
NASTAR
Registration form (PDF) or in Word.
This form is used for our internal PACRAT records, while the
online registration is used for NASTAR's records. We need your
signature on this one.
Fill out and give all these forms to your
team captain.
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Rules and Guidelines
PACRAT Bylaws:
PDF /
Word
PACRAT Operations Manual:
PDF /
Word
All about: Eligibility, Teams, Classification, Scoring, Points
chart, Handicap system, and Categories.
Pacrat Scoring System
Summary Definition of terms:
PDF /
Word
Explanation of terms used in the Race Results
(such as Bonus points, Upstrike, Downstrike, DNS, DNF, etc.)
PACRAT Timing
and Rules:
PDF /
Word
Dale Parshall explains various racing rules and
procedures, such as what happens if you forget your racing bib, if your
ski falls off, if you miss a gate, or if there is interference on the
course.
Slipping the course:
PDF
Diagram showing how to correctly slip the course.
How to prick the best line through the race
course. HTML
page
Diagram showing what it means to "start your turn
early" and pick a faster line.
Race Results
It's best to check the PACRATs official web site,
www.pacrats.org, or
go to the "Race Results" page on
our own club web site.
Click here if you need
Adobe Reader for PDF files.
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370.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2006 -- Sept. 30, 2007 was:
380.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2007 -- Sept. 30, 2008 was:
528.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2008 -- Sept. 30, 2009 was:
469
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537
Total visits from Oct.1, 2010 -- Sept. 30, 2011 was:
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